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REGISTER OF MEMBERS 



-OF THE- 



Society of Sons of the Revolution 



COMMONWEALTH OF INDIANA 



WITH HALF-TONE PHOTOGRAPHS OF 



IMPORTANT REVOLUTIONARY 



SCENES, MARKED WITH EXPENSIVE 
MONUMENTS AND TABLETS BY THE 



DIFFERENT SOCIETIES. 



Indianapolis, Ind. 
Press of The Reporter Publishing Co. 
1899. 



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EDITORS: 



J. C. TARKINGTON. 
DR. H. A. ADAMS. 
WILLIAM ALLEN WOOD. 



IAN 19 1911 



FOUNDERS. 



JESSE CLAIBORNE TARKINGTON. 
Et. Reverend JOHN HAZEN WHITE. 
JOHN GRENVILLE MOTT. 
L. FORD PERDUE. 
WILLIAM LINE ELDER. 
Doctor H. ALDEN ADAMS. 
HAROLD TAYLOR. 
JOHN M. LILLY. 
EDMUND L. BROWN. 

JOHN H. PUGH. 
Doctor L. M. ROWE. 



OFFICERS 

THE GENERAL SOCIETY, .SONS OF THE 
REVOLUTION. 

Elected at Denve., Col., April 19, 1899. 

GENERAL PRESIDENT. 

Hon. JOHN LEE CARROLL, Ellicott City, Maryland, 
OF THE Maryland society. 

GENERAL VICE PRESIDENT. 

GAKRET DORSET WALL VROOM, Trenton, N. J., 

OF THE New Jersey society. 

second general vice president. 

POPE BARROW, Savannah, Ga., 

OF THE Georgia society. 

general secretary. 

JAMES MORTIMER MONTGOMERY, New York, 

OF THE New York society. 

assistant general secretary. 

WILLIAM HALL HARRIS, Baltimore, Md., 

of the Maryland society. 

general treasurer. 

RICHARD McCALL CADWALADER, Philadelphia, Pa., 

of the Pennsylvania society. 

assistant general treasurer. 

HENRY CABLE, Bethany, Mo., 

of the Missouri society. 

general chaplain. 

Right Reverend HENRY BENJAMIN WHIPPLE, D. D., LL. 

D., Bishop of Minnesota, Faribault, Minn., 

of the Minnesota society. 

general registrar. 

FRANCIS ELLINGWOOD ABBOT, Ph. D., Cambridge Mass., 

of the Massachusetts society. 

general historian. 

HENRY WALBRIDGE DUDLEY, Chicago, 

OF THE Illinois society. 



OFFICERS, 1897. 



SONS OF THE REVOLUTION IN THE STATE 
OF INDIANA. 



PRESIDENT. 

JESSE CLAIBORNE TARKINGTON, Indianapolis. 

VICE PRESIDENT. 

JOHN GRENVILLE MOTT, Michigan City. 

SECRETARY. 

HAROLD TAYLOR, Indianapolis. 

TREASURER. 

JOHN D. PUGH, Shelbtville. 

REGISTRAR. 

Dr. H. ALDEN ADAMS, Indianapolis, 
chaplain. 
Rt. Rev. JOHN HAZEN WHITE, Indianapolis, 
board of managers. 
WILLIAM LINE ELDER, Chairman. 
The PRESIDENT, SECRETARY, REGISTRAR and CHAP- 
LAIN, EX-OFFICIO. 

L. FORD PERDUE, Terre Hautb. 
EDMUND L. BROWN, Martinsville. 
JOHN M. LILLY, Indianapolis. 
Dr. LOUIS M. ROWE, Indianapolis. 



OFFICERS, 1898. 



PRESIDENT. 

JESSE CLAIBORNE TARKINGTON, Indianapolis. 

VICE PRESIDENT. 

JOHN GRENVILLE MOTT, Michigan City. 

SECIiETARY. 

HAROLD TAYLOR, resigned, Indianapolis. 

WILLIAM A. WOOD, Indianapolis. 

treasurer. 

BENJAMIN D. MINER, Indianapolis. 

registrar. 
Dr. H. ALDEN ADAMS, Indianapolis, 
chaplain. 
Rt. Rev. JOHN HAZEN WHITE, Michigan City, 
board of managers. 
WILLIAM LINE ELDER, Chairman. 
The PRESIDENT, SECRETARY, REGISTRAR and CHAP- 
LAIN, ex-ofpicio. 
L. FORD PERDUE, Terre Haute. 
EDMUND L. BROWN, Martinsville. 

JOHN M. LILLY, Indianapolis. 
Dr. LOUIS M. ROWE, Indianapolis. 



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THE CONSXITUXION 

OP THE 

General Society Sons of Revolution. 



It being evident, from a steady decline of a proper celebration of 
the National holidays of the United States of America, that popu- 
lar concern in the events and men of the War of the Revolution 
is gradually declining, and that such lack of interest is attrib- 
utable not so much to the lapse of time and the rapidly increasing 
flood of immigration from foreign countries as to the neglect on 
the part of descendants of Revolutionary heroes to perform their 
duty in keeping before the public mind the memory of the services 
of their ancestors and of the times in which they lived; therefore, 
the Society of the Sons of the Revolution has been instituted to 
perpetuate the memory of the men who, in the military, naval and 
civil service of the colonies and of the Continental Congress, by 
their acts or counsel, achieved the independence of the country, 
and to further the proper celebration of the anniversaries of the 
birthday of Washington, and of prominent events connected with 
the War of the Revolution; to collect and secure for preservation 
the rolls, records and other documents relating to that period : to 
inspire the members of the Society with the patriotic spirit of their 
forefathers, and to promote the feeling of friendship among them. 

The General Society shall be divided into State Societies, which 
shall meet annually on the day appointed therefor in their re- 
spective by-laws, and oftener, if found expedient ; and at such an- 
nual meeting tlie reasons for the institution of the Society shall 
be considered and the best measures for carrying them into effect 
adopted. 

The State Societies at every annual meeting shall choose a Pres- 



ident, a Vice President, a Secretary, a Registrar, a Treasurer, a 
Chaplain, and such other officers as may by them, respectively, be 
deemed necessary, and a Board of Managers, to consist of such offi- 
cers, and other members, as may be provided by their respective 
constitutions and by-laws, all of whom shall retain their respective 
positions until their successors are duly chosen. 

Each State Society shall cause to be transmitted annually, or 
oftener, to the other State Societies, a circular letter calling at-, 
tention to whatever may be thought worthy of observation respect- 
ing the welfare of the Society or of the general union of the States, 
and giving information of the officers chosen for the year; and 
copies of these letters shall also be transmitted to the General Sec- 
retary, to be preserved among the records of the General Society. 

The State Societies shall regulate all matters respecting their 
own affairs, consistent with the general good of the Society; judge 
of the qualification of their members or of those proposed for 
membership, subject, however, to the provisions of this Constitu- 
tion, and expel any member who, by conduct unbecoming a gentle- 
man or a man of honor, or by an opposition to the interests of the 
community in general or of the Society in particular may render 
himself unworthy to continue in membership. 

In order to form funds that nuiy be respectable, each member 
shall contribute upon his admission to the Society, and annually 
thereafter, such sums as the by-laws of the respective State Socie- 
ties may require; but any of such State Societies may provide for 
the endowment of memberships by the payment of proper sums in 
capitalization, which sums shall be properly invested as a perma- 
nent fund, the income only of which shall be expended. 

The regular meeting of the General Society shall be held every 
three years, and special meetings may be held upon the order of 
the General President or ujion the request of two of the State So- 
cieties, and such meetings shall consist of the general officers and 
a representation not exceeding five deputies from each State So- 
ciety, and the necessary expenses of such meeting shall be borne 
by the State Societies. 



At the regular meeting a General President, General Vice Pres- 
ident, Second General Vice President, General Secretary, Assist- 
ant General Secretary, General Treasurer, Assistant General 
Treasurer, General Registrar, General Historian and General 
Chaplain shall be chosen by a majority of the votes present, to 
serve until the next regular general meeting, or until their suc- 
cessors are duly chosen. 

At each general meeting the circular letters which have been 
transmitted by the several State Societies shall be considered, and 
all measures taken which shall conduce to the general welfare of 
the Society. 

The General Society shall have power at any meeting to admit 
State Societies thereto, and to entertain and determine all ques- 
tions affecting the qualifications for membership in or the welfare 
of any State Society as may, by proper memorial, be presented by 
such State Society for consideration. 

Any male person above the age of twenty-one years, of good 
character, and a descendant of one who, as a military, naval or ma- 
rine officer, soldier, sailor or marine, in actual service, under the 
authority of any of the thirteen Colonies or States, or of the Con- 
tinental Congress, and remaining always loyal to such authority, or 
a descendant of one who signed the Declaration of Independence, 
or of one who, as a member of the Continental Congress, or of the 
Congress of any of the Colonies or States, or as an official ap- 
pointed by or under the authority of any such legislative bodies, 
actually assisted in the establishment of American Independence 
by services rendered during the War of the Eevolution, becoming 
thereby liable to conviction of treason against the government of 
Great Britain, but remaining always loyal to the authority of the 
Colonies or States, shall be eligible to membership in the Society. 

The Secretary of each State Society shall transmit to the Gen- 
eral Secretary a list of the members thereof, together with the 
mimes and official designations of those from whom such members 
derive their claim to membership, and thereafter, upon the admis- 



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sion of members in each State Society, the Secretary thereof shall 
transmit to the General Secretary information respecting such 
members similar to that herein required. 

The Society shall have an insignia, which shall be a badge sus- 
pended from a ribbon by a ring of gold, the badge to be elliptical 
in form, with escaloped edges, one and one-quarter inches in length 
and one and one-eighth inches in width, the whole surmounted by 
a gold eagle, with wings displayed, inverted; on the obverse side a 
medallion of gold in the center, elliptical in form, bearing on its 
face the figure of a soldier in Continental uniform, witli musket 
slung; beneath, the figures 1775; the medallion surrounded by 
thirteen raised gold stars of five points each, upon a border of dark 
blue enamel. On the reverse side, in the center, a medallion cor- 
responding in form to that on the obverse, and also in gold, bear- 
ing on its face the Houdon portrait of Washington in bas-relief, 
encircled by the legend, "Sons of the Revolution ;"' beneath, the fig- 
ures 1883, and upon the reverse of the eagle the number of the 
badge to be engraved; the medallion to be surrounded by a plain 
gold border, conforming in dimensions to the obverse ; the ribbon 
shall be dark blue, ribbed and watered, edged with buff, one and 
one-half inches wide and one and one-half inches in displayed 
length. 

The insignia of the Society shall be worn by the members on 
all occasions when they assemble as such for any stated purpose or 
celebration, and may be worn on any occasion of ceremony ; it shall 
be carried conspicuously on the left breast, but members who are 
or have been officers of the Society may wear the insignia sus- 
pended from the ribbon around the neck. 

The custodian of the insignia shall be the General Secretary, 
who shall issue them to members of the Society under such proper 
rules as may be formulated by the General Society, and he shall 
keep a register of such issues wherein each insignia issued may be 
identified by the number thereof. 

The seal of the Society shall be one and seven-eighths inches in 



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diameter, and shall consist of the figure of a minuteman, in Conti- 
nental xiniforni, standing on a ladder leading to a belfrj' ; in his left 
hand he holds a musket and an olive branch, whilst his right 
grasps a bell rope; above, the cracked liberty bell; issuing there- 
from a ribbon bearing the motto of the Society, Exegi monu- 
mentuni aere perennius; across the top of the ladder, on a ribbon, 
the figures 177(i, and on the left of the minuteman, and also on a 
ribbon, the figures 1883, the year of the formation of the Society; 
the whole encircled by a band three-eighths of one inch wide; 
thereon, at the top, thirteen stars of five points each; at the bot- 
tom the name of the General Society, or of the State Society to 
which the seal belongs. 

(At the general convention held in Denver on April 19, 1899, 
an amendment to the seventh paragraph of the General Constitu- 
tion was proposed, striking out the words "of the general officers 
and a representation not exceeding five deputies from each State 
Society," and inserting "of two delegates from each State Society 
and one additional delegate for every one hundred (100) mem- 
bers or major fraction thereof, and on all questions arising at meet- 
ings of the General Society each delegate there present shall be 
entitled to one vote, and no vote shall be taken by States." This 
amendment must be submitted to each State Society for approval 
and the vote thereon reported to the General Convention in 1902.) 




CONSTITUTION AND BY-LAWS 



Society of Sons of Revolution. 

IN THE STATE OE INDIANA. 



CONSTITUTION. 

ARTICLE I. 

NAME OF SOCIETY. 

The Society shall be known by the name, style and title of "So- 
ciety of Sons of the Revolution in the State of Indiana." 

ARTICLE II. 

OBJECTS. 

The objects of the Society are social, educational and patriotic, 
and the Society is formed for the particular purpose of perpetuat- 
ing the memory of the men who, in military, naval and civil serv- 
ice of the Colonies and of the Continental Congress, by their acts 
or counsel, achieved the Independence of the country ; and to fur- 
ther the proper celebration of the anniversaries of the birthday of 
Washington and prominent events connected with the War of the 
Revolution ; to collect and secure for preservation the manuscripts, 
records and other documents relating to that period; to inspire the 
members of the Society with the patriotic spirit of their fore- 
fathers, and to promote the feeling of fellowship among its mem- 
bers. 

ARTICLE III. 

MEMBERSHIP. 

Any male person above the age of twenty-one years shall be 
eligible to membership in this Society who is lineally descended 



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from any ancestor as the propositus who, either as a military, naval 
or marine officer, soldier, sailor or marine or official in the service 
of any one of the thirteen original Colonies or States, or of the 
National Government represented or composed of those Colonies 
or States, assisted in establishing American Independence during 
the War of the Revolution, between the 19th day of April, 1775, 
when hostilities commenced, and the 19th day of April, 1783, 
when they were ordered to cease. 

Provided: That when the claim of eligibility is based on the 
service of an ancestor in the "minutemen" or the "militia," it 
must be satisfactorily shown that such ancestor was actually called 
into the service of the State or United States and performed gar- 
rison or field duty; and 

Provided: That when the claim of eligibility is based on the 
service of an ancestor as a "sailor" or "marine," it must in like 
manner be shown that such service was other than shore duty and 
regularly performed in the Continental navy, or the navy of one 
of the original thirteen States, or on an armed vessel, other than 
a merchant ship, which sailed under letters of marque and reprisal, 
and that such ancestor of the applicant was duly enrolled in the 
ship's company cither as an officer, seaman or otherwise than as a 
passenger ; and 

Provided, further: That when tlie claim of eligibility is based 
on the service of an ancestor as an "official," such service must 
have been performed in the civil service of the United States or 
of one of the thirteen original States, and must have been suffi- 
ciently important in character to have rendered the official spe- 
cially liable to arrest and imprisonment, the same as a combatant, 
if captured by the enemy, as well as liable to conviction of treason 
against the government of Great Britain. 

In the construction of this Article the Volunteer Aides-de-camp 
of general officers in Continental service, who were duly announced 
as such and who actually served in the field during a campaign, 
shall be comprehended as having performed qualifying service. 



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The civil oflicials and military forces of the State of Vermont 
during the War of the Revolution shall also be comprehended in 
the same manner as if they had belonged to one of the thirteen 
original States. 

No service of an ancestor shall be deemed as qualifying service 
for membership in tliis Society where such ancestor, after having 
assisted in the cause of American Independence, shall have subse- 
quently either adhered to the enemy or failed to maintain an hon- 
orable record throughout the War of the Revolution. 

No person shall be admitted as a member of this Society unless 
he be eligible under one of the provisions of this Article and un- 
less of good moral character and adjudged worthy of becoming a 
member. 

ARTICLE IV. 

OFFICERS. 

The ofTicers of the Society shall be a President, a Vice President, 
a Secretary, a Treasurer, a Registrar and a Chaplain, who shall be 
chosen by ballot from among the members thereof annually, to 
serve for the term of one year, or until their successors are elected 
and qualified. 

ARTICLE V. 

BOARD OF MANAGERS. 

The Board of Managers of the Society shall be nine in number, 

namely: The President, the Secretary, the Registrar and the 

Chaplain ex officio and five others, who shall be chosen by ballot 

from among the members of the Society annually to serve for the 

term of one year and until their successors are elected and qualified. 

The board shall have power to fill vacancies occurring in their own 

number. 

ARTICLE VI. 

ADMISSION OF MEMBERS. 

Every application for membership shall be made in writing, sub- 
scribed by the applicant and approved by two members over their 



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signatures. Applications sliall contain, or be accompanied by, 
proof of eligibility, and such applications and proofs shall be sub- 
mitted to the Board of Managers, who shall have full power to de- 
termine the qualifications of the applicant. 

Payment of the initiation fee and dues required by the Consti- 
tution of this Society shall be pre-requisite of membership. 

ARTICLE VII. 

SUBJECTS PROHIBITED. 

No question involving religious doctrine or the party politics 
of the day within the United States shall ever be discussed or con- 
sidered in any meeting of the Society. 

ARTICLE VIII. 

COMMEMORATIONS. 

It shall be a standing regulation that the members sliall, when 
practicable, hold a commemorative celebration and dine together 
at least once every year. 

ARTICLE IX. 

SEAL AND INSIGNIA. 

The Seal of the Society, the Insignia to be worn by the members 
and the rules governing the use of the latter shall be such as are, 
or may be hereafter, prescribed by the General Society of the Sons 
of the Revolution. 

The Secretary shall be the custodian of the Seal. 

The Treasurer of the Society shall procure and issue the Insignia 
to the members and shall keep a record of all issued by him. Such 
Insignia shall be returned to the Treasurer by any member who 
may formally withdraw, resign or be expelled, but otherwise shall 
be deemed an heirloom. 

No member shall receive more than one badge, unless to replace 
one, the loss or destruction of which shall first be satisfactorily 



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established. The badge shall never be worn as an article of jew- 
elry. 

On occasions other than meetings for any stated purpose or cel- 
ebration members may wear a rosette of the prescribed ribbon and 
pattern in the upper buttonhole of the left lapel of the coat. The 
Treasurer shall procure and issue the rosettes to members. 

ARTICLE X. 

ALTERATIONS AND AMENDMENTS. 

No alterations or amendments of the Constitution of this So- 
ciety shall be made unless notice thereof be duly given in writing, 
signed by the member proposirg the same, at a meeting of the So- 
ciety, and unless the same shall be adopted at a subsequent meet- 
ing held at least thirty days after such notice by a vote of three- 
fourths of the members present, and in the notices issued for such 
meeting the fact shall be stated that a proposed amendment to the 
Constitution will be considered. 



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BV^LAWS. 



SECTION I. 

FEES, DUES AND CONTUIUUTIONS. 

The initiation fee shall be two dollars: the annual dues three 
dollars, payable on or before the 1st day of October in each year. 
Provided, That any member who shall have been elected during 
the last three months of the fiscal year shall not be required to pay 
the annual dues for the current fiscal year. The payment at one 
time of fifty (50) dollars shall constitute a life membership. The 
payment at one time of one hundred (100) dollars shall constitute 
a ])erpctual or endowed membership, and upon the death of any 
member so paying the meinhorship shall be held by his eldest son or 
such other descendant from the ancestor from whom he claims as 
he may nominate; in failure of such nomination the Society may 
decide which one of the descendants shall hold the membership. 

Provided, always, That the Society reserves to itself the privilege 
of rejecting any nomination that may not be acceptable to it. All 
those holding line or endowed memberships shall be exempt from 
the payment of the initiation fee and annual dues. 

SECTION II. 

PERMANENT FUND. 

All life and endowed membership fees, as well as donations 
which shall be paid the Society, shall remain forever the use of the 
Society as a Permanent Fund, the income only of which may ,be 
expended. 



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SECTION III. 

ANNUAL MEETING. 

The annual meeting of the Society shall be held in the city of 
Indianapolis on the 19th day of October (except when that day 
is a Sunday the meeting shall be held on the next ensuing day), 
at which a general election of officers and managers by ballot shall 
take place. In such election a majority of the ballots given for 
any officer or manager shall constitute a choice ; but if, on the first 
ballot, no person shall receive such majority, then a further ballot- 
ing shall take place, in which a plurality of votes given for any 
officer or manager shall determine the choice. 

SECTION IV. 

QUORUM. 

At all meetings of the Society eight (8) members shall consti- 
tute a quorum for the transaction of business. 

SECTION V. 

PRESIDENT. 

The President — or, in his absence, the Vice President, or, in the 
absence of both, a Chairman pro tempore — shall preside at all 
meetings of tlie Society and shall have a casting vote. He shall 
preserve order and decide all questions of order, subject to an ap- 
peal to the Society. The President shall be, ex-officio, a member 
of all committees. 

SECTION VI. 

SECKRTARY. 

The Secretary shall conduct the general correspondence of the 
Society. He shall notify all members of their election and of such 
other matters as may be recjuired by the Society. He shall have 
charge of the Seal, Certificate of Incorporation, Constitution, 
By-Laws and Eecords of the Society, and shall issue certifieates of 
membership. He, together with the presiding officer, shall certify 



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all acts of the Society, and, in propel" cases, authenticate them un- 
der seal. He shall affix the Seal to all properly authenticated cer- 
tificates of membership and transmit them without delay to the 
members for wliom they shall be issued. He shall, under the di- 
rection of the President or Vice President, give due notice of the 
time and place of all meetings of the Society and attend the same. 
He shall keep fair and accurate records of all the proceedings and 
orders of the Society, and shall give notice to the several officers 
of all votes, orders, resolves and proceedings of the Society affect- 
ing them or appertaining to their respective duties. He shall be 
Secretary of the Board of Managers and keep the record of their 
meetings in the regular minute book of the Society. 

SECTION VII. 

TREASUliEK. 

The Treasurer shall collect aiid keep the funds and securities of 
the Society. Out of such funds he shall pay such sums as may be 
oidered by the Society or by the Board of Managers. He shall keep 
a true account of his receipts and payments and at each annual 
meeting render a statement of the same to the Society, when a com- 
mittee shall be appointed to audit his accounts. He shall give 
bond in the sum of $2,500, which bond shall be approved by the 
Board of Managers. 

SECTION VIII. 

RBGISTRAIi. 

The Registrar shall keep a roll of members and in his hands shall 
be lodged all the proofs of membership qualification and all the 
historical and other papers of which the Society may become pos- 
sessed ; and he, under the direction of the Board of Managers, shall 
make copies of such similar documents as the owners thereof may 
not be willing to leave permanently in the keeping of the Society. 



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SECTION IX. 

CHAPLAINS. 

The Chaplain shall be a regularly ordained minister of a Chris- 
tian denomination and shall perform sneh duties as ordinarily 
appertain to such office. 

SECTION X. 

BOARD OF MANAGERS. 

The Board of Managers shall consist of nine, namely : The Pres- 
ident, Secretary, Eegistrar, and Chaplain, ex-officio, and five other 
members. At least five members of the entire Board shall be resi- 
dents of the city of Indianapolis, Indiana, and all of whom shall be 
elected at the annual meeting. They shall elect their own Chair- 
man. In case of a vacancy in any of these offices the Board may fill 
the same until the next election. They shall judge of the qualifica- 
tions of the candidates for admission to the Society and upon the 
recommendation of the Committee on Admissions shall have power 
to elect the same to membership. They shall, through the Secre- 
tary, call special meetings at any time upon the written request of 
three members of the Society and at such other times as they see 
fit. They shall recommend plans for promoting the objects of the 
Society, shall digest and prepare business and shall authorize the 
disbursement and expenditure of unappropriated money in the 
treasury for the payment of the current expenses of the Society. 
They shall generally superintend the interests of the Society and 
execute all such duties as may be committed to them by the Society. 
At each annual meeting of the Society they shall make a general 
report. At all meetings of the Board of Managers four members 
shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. 

SECTION XI. 

AMENDMENTS. 

No alteration of the By-Laws of the Society shall be made unless 
such alteration shall have been proposed at a previous meeting and 




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shall be adopted by a majority of the members present at any meet- 
ing of the Society, five days' notice thereof having been given to 
each member. 

SECTION XII. 

ORDER OF BUSINESS. 

At all meetings of the Society and of the Board of Managers the 
following order of business shall be observed, so far as the same 
may Ijh applicable : 

Prayer by the Chaplain. 

1. Heading of minutes of prior meetings not previously acted 
upon. 

3. Election of officers and managers when necessary. 

3. Reports of Officers. 

4. Reports of Committees. 

5. Unfinished business. 

6. Miscellaneous business. 

SECTION XIII. 

COMMITTEE OF .ADMISSIONS. 

The Chairman of the Board of Managers shall appoint annually 
three members thereof as a Committee on Admissions, whose duty 
if shall be to pass upon the qualifications of applicants for admis- 
sion to the Society and report to the Board of Managers. 

SECTION XIV. 

EXPULSION .VXD SUSPENSION. 

The Board of Managers sluxll have power to expel any enrolled 
member of this Society who, by conduct unbecoming a gentleman 
and a man of honor, or by an opposition to the interests of the com- 
munity in general or of this Society in particular, may render him- 
self unworthy to continue a member; or who shall persistently 
transgress, or without good excuse, willfully neglect or fail in the 
perfornuince of any obligation enjoined by the Constitution, By- 



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Laws or any standing rule of this Society: Provided, Tiiat such 
member shall have received at least ten days' notice in writing of 
the complaint jn-eferred against him and of the time and place for 
hearing the same and have been thereby afforded an opportunity to 
be heard in person. 

Whenever the cause of expulsion shall not have involved turpi- 
tude or nioi-al unworthiness any member thus expelled may, upon 
the unanimous recommendation of the Board of Managers, but not 
otherwise, be restored to membership by the Society at any meet- 
ing. 

The Board of Managers shall droj) from the roll the name of any 
enrolled member of the Society who shall be two years in arrears 
in payment of dues, and who, on notice to pay the same, shall fail 
and neglect to do so within thirty days thereafter; and upon being 
thus dropped his membership shall cease and determine; but he 
may be restored to membership at any time by the Board of Man- 
agers on his application therefor and upon his payment of all such 
arrears and of the annual dues from the date when he was dropped 
to the date of his restoration. The Board of Managers may also 
suspend any olficer from tlie perfornianee of his duties for cause, 
which proceeding must be reported to the Society and acted upon 
by it within thirty days, either by rescission of the suspension or re- 
moval of tlie suspended officer from otiice, or otherwise the suspen- 
sion shall cease. 

SECTIOX XV. 

RESIGXATIOXS. 

No resignation or withdrawal from membenship by any member 
enrolled in this Society shall become effective as a release from the 
obligations thereof, unless consented to and accepted by the Board 
oF Managers. 

SECTION XVI. 

DISQUALIFICATION. 

No person who may be enrolled as a member of this Society shall 



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bt pcnnittod to etnitiiuie in meinlicrship when the proofs of chaim 
of qualilieation l)y descent shall he found to be defective and insuf- 
ficient to substantiate such claim or not properly authenticated. 
The Society or Board of Maiiai;vrs may, at any time after thirty 
days' notice to such person to properly substantiate or authenticate 
his claim, reipiire the Seeretary to erase his name from the list of 
members, and such person shall tliereupon eeaf-e to be a nieml)er: 
Provided, He shall have failed or neglected to comply satisCactorily 
with such notice. 

Where the Board of Managers shall direct the erasure of a per- 
son's nau'c for a cause comprehended umh'r this section such per- 
son shall have the right of appeal (o the next annual meeting of the 
Society: but he shall not be restored to membership unless !)y a vote 
of three-fourths of the members present on that occasion, or at 
a subsequent meeting to which the consideration of the appeal may 
have been specially postponed. 

SECTION XVII. 

SERVICE OF NOTICES. : 

It shall be the duty of every member to inform the Secretary by 
written communication ol' his place of residence, his postoflice ad- 
dress and of any change (hereof. 

Service of any notice uudi.'r tlie Constitution or By-Laws upon 
any memher of the Society, addi'essed to liim at his last recorded 
])lace of residence or postoHice address and forwarded by mail, shall 
be deemed sufficient service of such notice. 

SKCTIOX XYIII. 

ELECTION OF OFFICEHS. 

All eleelions of ollicers of this Society shall be by liallot, without 
previous noniinations, and no proxies shall be allowed. 

SECTIOX XiX. 

DELEGATES TO THE (iENEli.VL SOCIETY. 

Delegates to the (ieneral Society shall be chosen by the members 



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of this Society at its next meeting preceding that of the General 
Society; and, failing such choice, shall be selected by the Board of 
Managers. 

SECTION XX. 

DECEASE OF MEMBERS. 

Upon the decease of any member notice thereof and time and 
place of the funeral sliall be given by the Secretary by mail or pub- 
lication, and it shall be the duty of members when practicable to 
attend the obsequies. Any member, upon being informed of the 
death of another member, shall see that the Secretary is promptly 
notified of the fact. 

SECTION XXI. 

LOCAL SOCIETIES. 

When five or more members of the Society in the State of Indi- 
ana, residing within any county of tlie State outside of the city of 
Indianapolis, petition the Board of Managers, it may authorize and 
empower such petitioners to form a local Chapter, to be known as 

of the Society of the Sons of the 

devolution in the State of Indiana. Such Chapter, when author- 
ized, may adopt such local regulations and by-laws as to it may 
.seem proper, provided that such regulations do not conflict in any 
particular with the Constitution of the General Society or with 
the Constitution and By-Laws of the Society of the State of In- 
diana. The officers of local Chiipters shnll be a President, a Secre- 
tary, a Treasurer and an E.xeeutive Committtee. The senior officer 
may attend the meetings of the Board of Managers of the Indiana 
State Society, notice whereof shall be sent to him by the Secretary 
of the State Society. 

SECTION XXI [. 

CERTIFIC.-VTE OF MEMBERSHIP. 

Every member, upon tlie payment of a feo of one dollar, shall be 
entitled to receive a certificate of membership, which shall be au- 



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thenticatcd by the President .and Secretary and countersigned by 
the Registrar of the Society and to which the Seal of the Society 
of the Sons of the Revolution shall be affixed. The certificate shall 
be in form following : 

SONS OF THE REVOLUTION 

IN THE STATE OF INDIANA. 



Be it known, that ■. . . . in the 

right of the services of in 

the cause of American Independence duriiii;- the War of the Revo- 
lution, has been duly admitted to membership in the Society of the 

"Sons of the Revolution" in the State of Indiana, this 

day of in the vear of our Lord 



[seal] 



President. 
Secretary. 
Reijistrar. 



"I ONLY REQRET THAT 1 HAVE BUT ONE LIFE 
TO LOSE FOR MY COUNTRY." 



With calm brow, steady brow. 

He listens to his doom; 
In his look there is no fear. 

Nor a shadow trace of gloom, 
But with a calm brow, steady brow, 

He robes him for the tomb. 

In the long night, the still night, 

He kneels upon the sod ; 
And the brutal guards withhold 

Ev"n the solemn Word of God. 
And the long night, the still night. 

He walks where Christ has trod. 

'Neath the blue morn, the sunny morn, 

He dies upon the tree : 
And he mourns that he can lose 

But one life for liberty. 
In the blue morn, the sunny morn. 

His spirit wings are free. 

Bu.t his last words, his message-words. 

They burn lest friendly eye 
Should imt read how proud and calm 

A patriot could die. 
With his last words, his dying words, 

A soldier's battle-cry. 

From Fame-leaf and Angel-leaf, 

From monument and urn. 
The sad of earth, the glad of heaven. 

His tragic fate shall learn. 
And on Fame-leaf and Angel-leaf 

The name of Hale shall burn. 
— Year Bouh. Soii.'i of Rrrnhdioii. ronnrrticiit. 




Nathan Hale. 



DISCOVERY OF THE TOHBS OF SAHUEL ADAMS 
AND JAMES OTIS. 



Walter Uilinan Page, in the New England Magazine, March, 1899. 
On the 0]ie hundred and twent3^-third amiiveri5ary of the battle 
of Lexington, that "glorious morning for .Vnieriea." tlie Sons of 
the Revolution gathered about the tondj of Samuel Adams in the 
old (Iranarv Burying Ground. For ninety-five years the spot where 
the mortal remains of Adams were laid away had been unmarked, 
and almost uiikn<iwn, at least to a large proportion of the citizens of 
Boston. On ilarch -^(i, 1898, by order of the trustees of the cem- 
etery department of the city, the tomb was opened for purposes of 
identification, though it was Avell known that Samuel Adams was 
buried in the C'heekley tomb, the [iroperty <if his wife. It was nec- 
essary to remove the earth to about the de[)tli of three feet before 
the two stone slabs which lay across the sli(n-t flight of steps leading 
down into the mouth of the tondj could be readied. The tomb was 
found to be in excellent condition, perfectly intact, constructed sol- 
idly <d' Iirick throughout, the roof being slightly cui-ved. Every in- 
dication furnished satisfactory evidence, and left no doubts, if any 
existed, that the great organizer of the Kevolution was laid to rest 
in the C'heckley tomb. 

The rugged granite bowlder with its tablet of bronze is in ]ier- 
fect keeping with the ancient character of the old burying ground, 
in which it has found a permanent abiding place. No other form 
of memorial woidd have been so appropriate, and the selection was 
r happy one, typifying as it so well does the l:)old and firm nature 
of the num whose illustrious memory it guards. Placed at the head 
f the flight of steps leading down to the entrance of the tomb, it 







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was unveiled with simple but impressive speech, and presented to 
the city which Samuel Adams loved so well. 

In the same line of tombs, but on the opposite side of the en- 
trance to the old Granary and equally distant from it, interred in 
the Longley tomb, repose the remains of the fiery orator and ardent 
patriot, James Otis. The proofs of this fact are so interesting in 
Ihemsolves that perhaps no apology is needed for recording them 
in this connection at some length. That the location of the bury- 
ing place of James Otis, one of the great leaders of the Revolution, 
should have been forgotten for over half a century, seems almost 
incredible; but many circumstances tended to veil it from public 
knowledge. For many years queries have appeared in the daily 
press and historical publications asking for information on the sub- 
ject. Conjectures were made that he was buried at West Barnsta- 
ble, where he was born, while many have believed that lie was buried 
at Andover, where he was killed by lightning ; and this latter suppo- 
sition was strengthened by the fact of his request shortly before 
his death to be buried on a knoll directly in the rear of Mr. Osgood's 
house at Andover. Local historians have looked in vain for any 
clew that would lead to solution of the mystery. But by ciillating 
probate records, family history gathered from various sources, and 
the traditions of one family connected with the Cunningham fam- 
ily, of the generation contemporary with James Otis, the tomb in 
which were interred the remains of the Hon. James Otis, the dis- 
tinguished patriot of the Revolution, was finally discovered. 
Thomas Bridgman, who wrote a book of epitaphs of the Granary 
Burying Ground, does not mention the name of Otis. The bronze 
tablets on the iron gates do not record the fact that James Otis is 
buried within the grounds. But our records are conclusive Ihat 
James Otis was buried in that burying ground after his renuiins 
were brought from Andover to his dwelling in Boston, and the 
funeral cortege that marched from the house to the ground was 
one of the largest ever held in Boston. In the records of St. John's 
Masonic Lodge of Boston is recorded the fact that James Otis was 



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made a Mason in 1752, and was a member of that lodge. This 
lodge escorted his remains to the tomb. The newspapers published 
at the time of Mr. Otis's death and funeral furnish but meager ac- 
counts. 




ROSTER OF MEMBERS. 



ADMITTED. INSIGNIA NO 

3. ADAMS. HARKY ALDEN", Indianapolis. 

Great-grnncLson of Levi Adams, Sergeant in 
Capt. Samuel Willard's company, Vermont 
Militia, Col. Ira Allen's regiment. Also in 
Capt. John Stark's Company, April and Octo- 
ber, 1780. Certificate from Eeeord and Pen- 
sion Office. Again rendered service in defense 
of the northern frontier of Vermont, in Octo- 
ber, 1781. Certificate from Eeeord and Pen- 
sion office, Washington, D. C. 

Great-great-grandson of David Merriam, who 
served as private in Capt. Manassah Sawyer's 
company, Colonel Dike's regiment, December, 
irrG, to March, 1777. Again in Capt. William 
Thinbow's company, at Bennington, in August, 
1777, under command of Maj. Ebenezer 
Bridge. Again in Capt. Jonathan Gates's com- 
pany, in October, 1777. State Archives, Bos- 
ton, Mass., Vol. 2G, p. -119 ; Vol. 3, p. 17t! ; Vol. 
23, p. 119; Vol. 19, p. 1.55. 

Great-great-grandson of Sherebiah Butt. Lieu- 
tenant of the Second Company, in the Elev- 
enth Militia of Connecticut, October, 1773. 
He was made Captain of the Second Company 
of the Twenty-fifth Militia in March, 1775, and 
went from Canterbury in the Lexington Alarm, 
April, 1775. As Captain in Col. Obadiah 
Johnson's regiment, marched in the alarm 
when the British shipping lay off New London, 
September, 1778. Certificate from State Libra- 
rian, Hartford, Conn. 



m^im-'em 



w 



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Home ■■t Cell, .luseph Warren. Hiinover stle.'t. Ho>tnii. 



31 



ADMITTED, INSIGNIA NO. 

Great-.nTi'at-great-graiidson of Mosos Foster, who 
served a.s private in I'apt. Jolm Biirnam's com- 
pany, Eightli ilassaclinsetts Kegimeut, com- 
manded by Col. Micliacl Jackson. Enlisted 
March 1, ITTT. Discharged Marcli 1, 1780. 
Certificate from Record and Pension Office, 
Washington, 1). C. 

Great-great-grandson of Ezra Day, member of 
"Committee of Correspondence, Safety and In- 
spection," South Hadlcy Falls, Mass. Certifi- 
cate of Town Clerk, South Hadley Falls, Mass. 

Great-great-grandson of Xathan Adams, who 
served as private in Caj)t. Joseph Slarrow's 
company. Col. David Wells's regiment, Septem- 
ber. 1777. Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors 
of the Eevolution, page 64. 

Great-great-great-grandson of I<anc Merriam, 
who served in Cajit. John White's company, of 
Steam's regiment of the Massachusetts Militia, 
.\]iril 1, 1778, for three months. Again for six 
months, in 17S0, in the Twelfth Massachusetts 
Regiment, commanded by Col. Gameliel Brad- 
fiii'il. Certificate From Record and Pension Of- 
fice, Washington, D. C. 

Great-great-great-grandsou of Josiah Butt, who 
served in Bacon's company, Col. John Chester's 
regiment, of General Wadworth's brigade of 
Connecticut troops. 1776. Also in Capt. Moses 
Branche's company, Col. Obadiah Johnson's 
regiment, Connecticut Militia, 1778, C!on- 
necticut Men in the Revolution, pages 112 and 
527. 

32. BAKER, FRAXK TARKIXGTOX, Ixdiaxapolis. 
Great-great-grandson of Silas Foster, Com- 
mander of the Brigantine .loanna, a privateer 
of the Revolution. Certificate Department of 
State, Washington, D. C. 



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ADMITTED. INSIGNIA NO . 

89. BARNETT. JOHN THOMAS, Likutenant U. S. 
x\rmy^ retiked; Colonel 159th Indiana 
Volunteers, Spanish-American War. 
Great-grandson of Alexander Buchanan, a pri- 
vate in Capt. William Tucker's company, 
First Eegiment, Hunterdon County, New Jer- 
sey, Militia. He was captured by the British 
and remained a prisoner seven months, and 
then escaped. Certificate Adjutant General, 
New Jersey. 

16. BARNETT, LEVI A., Danville, Ind. 

Great-grandson of Alexander Buchanan, a private 
in Capt. William Tucker's company, First Reg- 
iment, Hunterdon County, New Jersey Militia. 
He was captured by the British and remained 
a prisoner for seven mmitlis, and then escaped. 
Certificate Adjutant General. State of New 
Jersey. 

11. BROWN, EDMUND L., Martinsville, Ind. 

Great-grandson of Lieut. Benjamin Chambers, a 
private in the company of Col. James Cham- 
bers, Col. Wm. Thompson's liattalion of rifle- 
men, 1775. Ensign June 2, 1778. Lieutenant 
Sept. 3, 1779, First Rennsylvauia Regiment. 
Certificate State Librarian, Pennsylvania. 
Second series, Pennsylvania Archives, Vol. 10, 
pages 16, 35, 328. 

31. CLANCY, LESLIE DALE, Indianapolis. 

Great-great-grandson of Thomas Isbell, who en- 
listed in Albenuirle County, Virginia, and 
served for five years of the war. Certificate 
Department of Interior, Washington, D. C. 

22. DICKOVER, MARK LESLIE, Valparaiso, Ind. 

Great-grandson of Henry Dickover, a private in 

Capt. John Wither's company, of Col. John 

Ferreis's battalion of Associators, in Lancaster 

County, Pennsylvania, destined for camp in the 



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ADMITTED, INSIGNIA NO. 

Jerseys. The command was in active service 
from August, ]776, until February, 1777. Cer- 
tificate State Librarian, Pennsylvania. Penn- 
sylvania Archives, Vol. 13, pages 3,33, 305. 
Great-great-grandson of Philip Correll, a private 
in the Associated Company, in the township of 
Springfield, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, en- 
listed Aug. 31, 1775. Pennsylvania Archives, 
second series. Vol. 141, page 171. 

10. ELDER, WILLIAM LINE, Indianapolis. 

Great-great-grandson of Rev. John Elder, who 
served as private in Capt. William Bell's com- 
pany, of the Fourth Battalion, Lancaster 
County, Pa., Associators, commanded by Col. 
James Burd, in March, 1770. Pennsylvania 
Archives, second series. Vol. 13, page 311. 
Great-grandson of John Line, a private in Capt. 
Henry Miller's company, enlisting June 6, 
177(), in the First Regiment of the Continental 
Line. Pomsylvania Archives, second series, 
Vol. 10, pages 33.5 and 342. 
Great-great-grandson of Andrew Rogers, Ensign 
of the Liberty Company, of Hanover township, 
Lancaster County Associators, in 1775. Third 
Lieutenant in Capt. James Rogers's Company, 
in Col. Timothy Green's Hanover Rifle Battal- 
ion of Lancan^ter County Associators, destined 
for the camp in the Jerseys, June 6, 1776, and 
was in active service during the summer of that 
year, participating in the battle of Long 
Island. Was also a Corporal in Colonel Bur- 
ler's battalion. Continental Line, 1778; held 
same position when the company was paid in 
April, 1781. Pennsylvania Archives, second 
series. Vol. 10, pages 508. 512 and 533, Vol. 
13, page 322. 

30. ELLIOTT, CHARLES EDGAR, Indianapolis. 

Great-great-grandson of James Elliott, Sr., who 



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ADMITTED. INSIGNIA NO- 

served as Corporal and Surgcaut in Capt. Ver- 
non's company, in Col. Wayne's Fifth Pennsyl- 
vania Beginicnt. He enlisted Jan. 31, 1776, 
and his name appears on the roll dated at Ti- 
conderoga, Nov. 26, 1776, which shows that he 
was promoted Sergeant May 20, 1776. Was 
commissioned Second Lieutenant of the Second 
Battalion, York County Militia. Oct. 1, 1777; 
First Lieutenant of the Second Company, 
April 5, 1778, and Captain of the Sixth Com- 
pany, Fourth Battalion, June 17, 1779. Cer- 
tificate State Librarian, Pennsylvania. 

23. ELLIOTT, JOSEPH T., Jr., Indianapolis. 

Great-great-grandson of James Elliott, Sr., who 
served as a Corporal and Sergeant in Capt. 
Vernon's company, in Col. Wayne's Fifth 
Pennsylvania Eegiment. He enlisted Jan. 31, 

1776, and his name appears on the roll dated 
at Ticouderoga, Nov. 26, 1776, which shows 
that he was promoted Sergeant May 20, 1776. 
Was commissioned Second Lieutenant of the 
Second Battalion, York County Militia, Oct. 1, 

1777. Was made First Lieutenant of the Sec- 
ond Company April 5, 1778, and Captain of 
the Si.xth Compam', Fourth Battalion, June 
17, 1779. Certificate State Librarian, Penn- 
sylvania. Pennsylvania Archives, Vol. 14, 
pages 500, 512, 533. 

34. INGKIM, MARION HAMLIN, Winam.\c, Ind. 

Great-grandson of John Ingrim. a private in 
Capt. Gilbery McCay's comiiany, of his Excel- 
lency, Joseph Reed's, command, Pennsylvania 
Volunteers, from Juno 15, 1780, to January, 
1781. Certificate Record and Pension Office, 
Washington, D. C, 

25. JENNISON, ALBERT CUNNING, Cr.a.wfords- 
viLLE, Ind. 
Great-grandson of John Jennison, a Captain in 



, :J5 U{L£ aLLl I^ILL ,fc 

eiuuiii v>;auii. ivmi uuioini li^ili'ii^ lui: 



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merville. 



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ADMITTED. INSIGNIA NO. 

the "Battalion Flying Camp." He was wound- 
ed and taken prisoner at Fort Washington, 
Nov. 16, 177G. Heitnian. page 243. 
Great-great-grandson of John Kirk, an Ensign in 
the Pennsylvania Musket Battalion from 1776. 
Heitman, page 252. 

12. LILLY, JOHN MILLEIJ, Indianapolis. 

Great-great-grandson of Col. Thunis Dey, a 
member of the Assembly from Bergen County, 
1761 to 1775. Member of General Assembly, 
New Jersey, Jan. 11, 1775, to Sept. 2. 1784. 
Member of Council from Oct. 26, 1779, to Oct. 
5, 1782. Was commissioner with John Clen 
Symmcs, appointed Oct. 25, 177G, to visit the 
Jersey troops north of Albany. Was a member 
of the Provincial Congress and Committee of 
Safety and Correspondence, Bergen County, 
New Jersey. Was Commissioner of Pardons. 
Was mustering officer under call of Congress, 
Feb. 9, 1780. Certificate Adjutant General, 
New Jersey. 
Great-grandson of John Dey, a private in Col. 
Thunis Day's regiment, Bergen County, N. J., 
Militia. Belonged to class called minutenien. 
Certificate Adjutant General, New Jersey. 

31. LOCKRIDGE, ALBERT OWEN, Greencawtle, 
Ind. 
Great-grandson of Andrew Malone, a Corporal in 
the Maryland Militia. He served from Jan. 
10, 1777, to Jan. 10, 1780. Served part of the 
time under Capt. Veazey and Col. Smallwood. 
He drew a pension for above service. Certifi- 
cate Department of Interior, Washington, D. C. 
Great-great-grandson of Thomas Shores, who 
served as a private in Capt. Abraham Kirkpat- 
riek's company in a detachment of the Elev- 
enth Virginia Regiment, Second Virginia 
Brigade, commanded bv Col. Febiger. He en- 



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ADMITTED. INSIGKIA NO, 

listed March 1, 1777, to serve three years, and 
his name appears on the rolls from the date of 
enlistment to March, 1780. Certificate Record 
and Pension Office, Washington, D. C. 

9. LOWES, JAMES HERVEY STEWART, Indian- 
apolis. 

Great-grandson of James Lowes, who was Ensign 
in the Third Regiment of Pennsylvania In- 
fantry, under Col. Thomas Craig, April 1, 
1777, to Oct. 31, 1777. Pennsylvania Archives, 
second series. Vol. 15, p. 432 ; Vol. 10, p. 450. 

Great-grandson of James Elliott, Sr., who served 
as a Corporal and Sergeant in Capt. Ver- 
non's company, in Col. Wayne's Fifth Penn- 
sylvania Regiment. He enlisted Jan. 31, 1776, 
and his name appears on the roll dated at Ti- 
conderoga, Nov. 26, 1776, which shows that he 
was promoted Sergeant May 20, 1776. Was 
commissioned Second Lieutenant of the Second 
Battalion, York County Militia, Oct. 1. 1777. 
Was made First Lieutenant of the Second 
Company April 5, 1778, and Captain of the 
Sixth Company, Fourth Battalion, June 17, 
1770. Certificate State Librarian, Pennsylva- 
nia. Pennsylvania Archives, Vol. 14, pp. 500, 
512 and 533. 

33. MARTIN, HARRY C, Attica, Ind. 

Great-grandson of William Gookins, who served 
as private in Capt. Noble's company. Col. Ira 
Allen's regiment, October, 1780. Also in 
Capt. Enoch Eastman's company, same regi- 
ment, in May, 1782. New England Historical 
Register, page 167. Certificate Adjutant Gen- 
eral, Vermont. 

15. MINER, BENJAMIN DANIEL, Inuiaxapolis. 

Great-grandson of Elias Miner, private in Capt. 
David F. Sill's company. Col. Samuel H. Par- 



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ADMITTED. INSIGNIA NO. 

son's regiment, Connecticut. Enlisted May 6, 
1775. Discharged Oct. 5, 1775. Remained on 
duty at New London until June 17, 1775, when 
they were ordered to Boston camps, and took 
part at Koxbury in Gen. Spencer's brigade. 
Certificate of Adjutant General, State of Con- 
necticut. 
Great-grandson of Joseph HoUister, private in 
Capt. Jonathan Hall's company. Col. Erastus 
Wolcott's regiment, 1776. During the reorgan- 
ization of the continental forces before Boston, 
December, 1775-February, 1776, when the sol- 
diers were coining and going, Washington 
called regiments from New England States to 
guard line at various points until the new army 
had been established. Col. Wolcott's regiment 
formed a part of the detachment that occupied 
Boston after the enemy evacuated the town. 
Certificate of Adjutant General, State of Con- 
necticut. 

14. MINOR, JOHN WILLIAM, Jr., Indianapolis. 

Great-great-great-grandson of William Woodford, 
who served in the battalion commanded by 
Lieut. Col. Mead from July 29, 1779. Con- 
necticut Men in the Revolution, page 622. 

Great-great-grandson of Samuel Woodford, who 
served in Capt. Stoddard's company, line of 
marching, March 30, 1777. Discharged May 
16, 1777. Page 502. 

Great-great-great-grandson of Abraham Bates, 
private in Capt. Joseph Trufant's independent 
company. Enlisted July 20, 1775. Service six 
months and fourteen days. Also Capt. Tru- 
fant's company. Gen. Spencer's brigade, order 
fur bounty, coat or its equivalent in money, 
dated Weymouth, Dec. 19, 1775. Also Capt. 
Trufant's company, enlisted Jan. 1, 1776. 
Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revo- 
lution, page 774. 



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ADMITTED. INSIGNIA NO. 

4. MOTT, JOHX GEENVILLE, Michigan City, Ind. 2421 
Grandson of James Mott, who served as noncom- 
missioned officer in tlie campaign of 1777 
against Burgoyne. Was in the battle of Sara- 
toga. In 1778 was given commission as Ensign 
in Capt. Jonathan Waller's company, of the 
Sixth New York Regiment. Certificate of 
Archivist, University, State of New York. 
Great-grandson of James Denton, who served as 
Second Lieutenant in Capt. Samuel Clark's 
company, belonging to the Fourth Ulster 
County Regiment of the New York State Mili- 
tia, under command of Col. Jonathan Has- 
brouck. Was made First Lieutenant March 9, 
1778, and Captain June 29, 1780. Certificate 
of Archivist University, State of New York. 

6. PERDUE, LEMUEL FORD, Terre Haute, Ind. 
Great-great-grandson of Joseph McDowell, who 
served with rank of Major in command of the 
North Carolina Militia in battle of King's 
Mountain. Was member of State House of 
Commons, 1787-93. ilember of N. C. Consti- 
tutional Convention, in 1788. Member of Con- 
gress from 1793 to 1799. Draper's King's 
Mountain and Its Heroes, page 431. 

5. PUGH, JOHN DAVIS, Shelbyville, Ind. 

Great-grandson of John Pugh, a private in Capt. 
Joseph Gardner's company. Second Battalion, 
Col. Evan Evans, 1778. Ensign of Eighth 
Company, Fifth Battalion, Col. John McDow- 
ell, 1780. Pennsylvania Archives, second se- 
ries, Vol. 14, under Chester County. Also 
Friends' Record, Chester County. The Qua- 
kers disowned him for entering the service. 
20. ROBINSON, EUGENE A., Rocklane, Ind. 

Great-great-grandson of Andrew Dunlap, who 
served in the corps of invalids. Continental 
troops, Revohitionary war. His name appears 




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ADMITTED. IXSKiNIA NO. 

on a list (exiiniinerl nnd settled at New York, 
September 18, 1785) of certificates returned 
into the hands of John Pierce, Esq., Postmaster 
General, by Col. Lewis Nicola, agent to the in- 
valid regiment, on settlement of its acco'ints. 
The list bears the remark, "Amount due An- 
drew Dunlap, 374.19." Certificate Pieeord and 
Pension Office, Washington. D. C. 

7. ROWE, LOUIS M., M. D., Indianapolis. 

Great-great-grandson of Zachariah Fitch, who 
was First Lieutenant, ('apt. Henry Farwell's 
company. Col. \Vm. Prcscott's regiment, which 
marelied on Lexington alarm of April 19, 1775. 
Also Captain in Col. Samuel Brewer's regi- 
ment, Aug. 3, 177f., to Sept. 30, 1776. Organ- 
ized a company for the Massachusetts service 
by order and direction of General Warren, 
Chairman of Committee of Safety. Zachariah 
Fitch's sword is in the Revolutionary War 
Archives of JTass., Vol. 13, p. (>2, Yol. r>2. p. 
40, Vol. 19, p. (i7. 

19. SIMS. CHARLES A., D. D., (TiiMPOiiAuv, Syra- 
ci-sE, N. Y.) 

Great-grandson of William Sims, a mendjcr of 
one of the independent companies for the coun- 
ty of Albemarle, Virginia. Charles Lewis, Cap- 
tain. He was present at the muster of volun- 
ti'ers on the 17th of June, 1775, and was in 
achial service a l;irge part of the war. \'irginia 
Historical Collections, Gilmer series, pages 82 
and 85. 
28. SJIOCK, WILLIAM C., Iniiianapolis. 

Great-grandson of Jacob Smock, who served as a 
private and Sergeant in Capt. Robert Hig- 
gens's company, known also as Maj. Jonathan 
Clark's and Capt. William Croghan's com- 
pany of the Fourth; known also as the Eighth 
and the Fourth, Eiffhth and Twelfth Resii- 



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ADMITTED. INSIUNIA NO. 

ments of Virginia troops, commanded at vari- 
ous times by Colonels James Wood, John Nevill 
and Abraham Bowman. Ills name appears in 
the rolls for the period from September, 1777, 
to November, 1779, which show that he en- 
listed July 19, 1777, to serve three years. Cer- 
tificate Kecord and Pension (.)ffi(e, Washing- 
ton, D. C. 
Great-grandson of Simon Vanarsdalen, who was 
commissioned a Captain in December, 1776, of 
a company of York County Associators, and 
was in actual service that year. Was commis- 
sioned Major of the Fourth Battalion, York 
County Jlilitia, April 5, 1778. Certificate 
State Librarian, Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania 
Archives, Vol. 14, pages 497, 511. 

27. SNIDER, ALBERT G., Ixdianapolis. 

Great-great-grandson of Edmund Freeman, who 
was Captain in Col. Jonathan Chase's regiment 
of militia, of New Hampshire, May 7, 1777, 
to June IS, which reinforced the Northern 
Continental Army at Ticonderoga by JIajor 
General Folsoni's orders. Was Captain in the 
same command June 27 to July 3, 1777, and 
again from Sept. 22 to Oct. 23, whe]i tlie regi- 
ment nuirched from Cornish, in the State of 
New Hampshire, and joined the Continental 
Army, under General Gates, near Saratoga. 
Edmund Freeman was allowed 21b. 5-;. for use 
of three horses three days each. Revolution 
War Rolls of New Hampshire, Vol. 2, pages 4") 
and 378. 

2. TARKINGTON, JESSE CLAIBORNE, Indiav- 2422 

Al'OIJS. 

Great-grand.son of Silas Foster, Commander of 
the Brigantine Joanna, 16 sailors and 6 guns, 
a privateer of the Revolution. Gave bond to 
the Government in the sum of 20,000 Spanish 



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TED. INSIGNIA NO. 

milled dollars. Certificate from Department 
of State, Washington, D. C. 

TAEKINGTON, WILLL\M SIMPSON" R., Indi- 

ANArOIJS. 

Great-grandson of Jonathan Slawson, private in 
Capt. Seofield's company, Ninth Regiment of 
Connecticut, commanded by Col. John Mead, 
June 18 to July 18, 177!). Jonathan Slawson, 
member of Mead's militia, an American pris- 
oner proposed to be exchanged Sept. 27, 1780. 
Connecticut Men in the Revolution, pages 554 
and 62G. 

Great-grandson of Jonah Wood, private in Tenth 
Company, Eighth Regiment, Connecticut Mili- 
tia, Capt. John Ripley. Enlisted July 12, 
1775; discharged Nov. 27, 1775. This regi- 
ment was stationed on the Sound until Sept. 
14, when, on requisition of Geu. Washington, it 
was ordered to the Boston camps, and took 
part at Roxbury, in Gen. Spencer's brigade. 
Remained until expiration of service, Decem- 
ber, 1775. Connecticut Men in the Revolution, 
page 90. 

TAYLOR, H.AROL]), Indl^napolis. 

Great-grandson of Robert Taylor, who was en- 
rolled as a minuteman at Boonesboro Station, 
Ky., in October, 1779. Served in the spring of 
1780 under Capt. John Holder and Col. Lo- 
gan, going in pursuit of the Indians, and form- 
ing part of the forces commanded by General 
George Rogers Clarke when he defeated the In- 
dians in the battle fought on Mad Rivei-, near 
Pickaway, Ohio. In February, 1781, was again 
enrolled as a minuteman in Frederick County, 
Virginia. Shortly thereafter was drafted as 
Orderly Sergeant under Captain Bell ; inarched 
to Yorktown, Va. ; was in the command of Gen. 
Stevens, and as Orderly Sergeant read to his 



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ADMlTTKIl. INSIGNIA NO. 

company orders from Baron Steuben ; he par- 
ticipated in the siege of Yorktown, and was 
present at the siarronder of Lord Cornwallis, 
Oct. 19, 1781. Certificale of Department of 
Interior, Washington, U. C 

17. THOMPSON, CLAUDE LEE, Crawfordsville, 
Ind. 
Great-groat-grandson of Matthew Grigg, who 
served three _years in the ^'irginia troops under 
Capt. Mountjoy and Col. Buford. Certificate 
of Department of Interior, Washington, D. C. 

36. TIIOMPSOX, MAITRICE. Cuawfordstille. 

Great-grandson of Matthew Grigg, who served 
three years in the Virginia troops, under Capt. 
Mountjoy and CoL Buford. Certificate of De- 
partment of Interior, Washington, D. C. 

24. TILTON, CHARLES SEWALL, Indianapolis. 

Great-grandson of Gideon Currier, Jr., a private 
in Capt. Dearborn's company, as sliown by the 
following: Mount Independence, Oct. 31, 
1776. — These certify that Gideon Carrier, sol- 
dier in Capt. Dearborn's company, Col. Wy- 
nian's regiment, is rendered unfit for future 
service this campaign by reason of the rheuina- 
tism in his hip these three weeks past, and is 
recommended for a discharge. (Signed) Jon. 
Potts, Director. 

In consequence of the above certificate, and 
convinced that the complaint of Gideon Cur- 
rier is not fictitious, I do i-ecommend the said 
Gideon Currier, soldier in Capt. Dearborn's 
company of the regiment under my command, 
aged twenty-two years, about six feet high, 
light brown hair, lilue eyes, of a light com- 
plexion, belonging to the town of Cheshire, in 
New Hampshire, New England, as a proper 
person to be discharged from the army of the 

^ I'nited States of America. To the Hon. Major 




MtMOKIAI. M(»NH. lAMl' BV SCHl V I.Kll.l. FAI.I.-S. 



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ADMITTED. INSKiNIA NO. 

Geucral Gates, eoniiiianding at Tieonderoga. 
(Signed) Isaac Wyman, Col. 

I, Gideon Currier, acknowledge that I have 
received all my pay and arrears of all kinds 
due to lue for my service in the army of the 
United States of America. (Signed) Gideon 
Currier. 

Gideon Currier, a soldier in Capt. Dear- 
born's company, Col. Wynum's regiment, is, for 
the above reasons mentioned, discharged from 
the service of the United States of America, 
(iiven at headquarters, the 31st day of October, 
irrc. (Signed) Horatio Gates. Certified 
copy of above in possession of Registrar. 

13. VAN BRUNT, HENRY. Terke Haute. 

Great-grandson of Abijah Smith, who raised a 
company from among his neighbors and was 
commissioned Captain. Was mustered in Sep- 
tember, 177(). In October he marched his com- 
pany to New York and was engaged in the bat- 
tle of White Plains. Revolutionary War Rolls 
of New Hampshire, Vol. 1, jiages 2 and 158. 
Hammond, Vol. 1-1, p. 420. 

1. WHITE, JOHN HAZEN, Rt. Rev.. Michigan 
City. 
Great-grandson of Maj. Moses White, who was 
Captain in the Second Canadian — Hazen's — 
Regiment, Continerital line, yth April, 1777. 
Aid-de-camp to Brig. Gen. Moses Hazen, 1st 
September, 1781. Retired 1st January, 1783. 
Heitman"s Hist. Register, page 431. 

26. WOOD. WILLIAM ALLEN, Indianapolis. 

Great-great-grandson of Joseph Allen, a soldier 
of the rennsylvania line, and received depre- 
ciation pay for his services up to Jan. 1, 1781. 
Certificate State Librarian, Pennsylvania. 
Pennsylvania Archives, second series, Vol. 13, 
page 6. 



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35. WRIGHT, WILLIAM HENRY, Indianapolis. 

Great-grandson of Corporal Amos Wright, a Cor- 
poral in Capt. Jonathan Minot's company, of 
Col. Prcscott's regiment, Massachusetts Mili- 
tia. This regiment marched on the alarm of 
April 19, 1775. From original muster rolls at 
Massachusetts Statehouse. 
Great-grandson of Hosea Hildreth, a Corporal in 
Capt. Jonathan Minot's company, Col. Pres- 
cott's regiment, Massachusetts Militia. This 
regiment marched on the alarm of April 19, 
1775. Original muster rolls at Massachusetts 
Statehouse. 




ROSTER OF ANCESTORS. 



Adams, Levi. 

Adams, H. Alden. 

Allen, Joseph. 

Wood. William Allen. 

Bates, Abhaiiam. 

Minor, John William, Jr. 

Buchanan, Alexander. 
Barnett, Levi A. 

Barnett, John Thomas, Lieut. U. S. A., re- 
tired. 

Butt, Josiah. 

Adams. H. Alden. 

Butt, Shekebiaii. 

Adams, H. Alden. 

Chambers, Benjamin. 
Brown. EdTnnnd L. 

Correll, Philip. 

Dic-kover, j\Iark Leslie. 

Currier, Gideon, Jr. 

Tilton, Cliarles Sewnll. 

Day, Ezra. 

Adams, H. Alden. 



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Denton, James. 

Mott, John Grenville. 

Dey, John. 

Lilly, John Miller. 

Dey, Thunis. 

Lilly, John Miller. 

Elder, John, Rev. 

Elder, William Line. 

DicKovER, Henry. 

Dickover, Mark Leslie. 

Dunlaf, Andrew. 

Robi.son, Eugene A. 

Elliott, Ja^ies, Sr. 

Elliott, Joseph T., Jr. 
Elliott, Charles Edgar. 

Fitch, Zacil\riah. 

Rowe, Louis M., M. D. 

Foster, Moses. 

Adams, H. Alden. 

Foster, Silas. 

Tarkington, Jesse Claiborne. 
Baker, Frank Tarkington. 

Freeman, Edmund. 
Snider, Albert G. 

GooKiNs, William. 
Martin, Harry C. 

Grigg, Mathew. 

Thompson, Maurice. 
Thompson, Claude Lee. 



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HlLUKHTlI, HoSEA. 

Wright, William Henry. 

HuLLIS'l'Eli. .li'.SHl'U. 

Miner. Benjamin Daniel. 

Inguim,, John. 

Ingrim, ]\Iari(in Hamlin. 

IsBELL. Thomas. 

Clancy, Leslie Dale. 

Jennison, Joiix. 

Jennison. Albert Cunning. 

Kirk, John. 

Jennison, Albert Cunning. 

Line, John. 

Elder, William Line. 

Lowes, James. 

Lowes, James Hervey Stewart. 

Malone, Andrew. 

Lockridgc, Albert Owen. 

McDowell, Joseph. 

Perdue, Lemuel Ford. 

Merriam, David. 

Adams. H. Alden. 

Merriam, Isaac. 

Adams, H. Alden. 

Miner, Elias, 

Miner, Bcn,iamin Daniel. 

Mott, James. 

Mott, John Grenville. 



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PuGH^ John. 

Pugh, John Davis. 

Rogers, Andrew. 

Elder, William Line. 

ShobeSj Thomas. 

Lockridge, Albert Owen. 

Sims, William. 

Sims, Charles A., D. D. 

Slawson, Jonath.an. 

Tarkington, William Simpson R. 

Smith, Abijah. 

Van Brunt, Henry. 

Smock, Jacob. 

Smock, William C. 

Taylor, Robert. 
Taylor, Harold. 

Vanaksdalen, Simon. 
Snioek, William C. 

White. Moses. 

White. Joliii Hazen, Rt. Rev. 

Wood, Jonah. 

Tarkington, William Simpson R. 

Woodford, Samuel. 

Minor, Jdlm William, Jr. 

Woodford, William. 

Minor, John William, Jr. 

Wright, Amos. 

Wright, William Henry. 



